Missouri River Energy Services is a joint-action agency that supplies electricity and a range of energy-related programs and services to public power communities in the states of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. One of these services is the Bright Energy Solutions program, which offers cash rebates for energy efficiency improvements to residential customers of participating member utilities. Below is a list of Iowa municipal utilities that participate in one or more of the programs.

Prescriptive rebates are available for many types of equipment including appliances, insulation, HVAC equipment, programmable thermostats, energy audits, and equipment recycling. For certain equipment, requirements and rebate levels vary by the technology employed and are available on the rebate applications. Certain equipment may not be offered by all of the participating utilities or may be intended for natural gas customers only.

Equipment must meet all stated requirements and be purchased, installed and operating prior to submitting an incentive application. Prescriptive rebates are limited to $10,000 per customer per calendar year. Payments for rebates larger than $10,000 must be specifically allowed by the participating utility. All rebates totaling over $3,000 are subject to pre-approval from the participating utility.

All applicants should contact their utility to confirm customer eligibility and the availability of funds prior to applying under any program. For further information, please consult the program web site listed at the top of this page or contact utility representatives.